You wanna talk about MUSTANGS?......was: Re: [Shotimes] OT New Camaro just slightly retro

[George Fourchy]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:09:19 -0500, av8r567@optonline.net wrote:

>I don't know why George keeps putting down the 8.8.  It's a damn good rear-end. 

HELLO.....???  DId you read the post beyond the first sentence....???   The two most
expensive Mustangs I purchased needed a total of 5 (I didn't spell it all out in
detail...I thought you would get the idea.) rebuilds by the time they were 3 years
old.  Why would I think it is a good rear end?

I could care LESS about all the other cars out there....I had SIX, and FIVE were
BAD, SEVERAL TIMES.  Don't try and blame me, either....my SHO went 293,000 miles,
and would still be going if someone knew how to design (for the long haul) 10 inch
clutches that have to handle over 200 HP at 7000 RPM.  My Slorider wagon now has
141,000 miles, after a tranny rebuild under warranty at 21,000 miles.  Its tranny is
perfect, according to reliable local sources who service it regularly.  (So is the
3.8 Vulcan engine, by the way...!!)

I didn't mention the T-Bird I had before these cars were built....I've praised the
performance and reliability (other than its rear axle) of my '87 Turbo Coupe,
particularly the Pinto engine here, in the past.  I also mentioned that in 200,000
miles its 7.5 inch differential (same design as 8.8) needed a total of 5 rebuilds,
two of which I had to pay for, since the first one out of warranty failed 500 miles
past ITS warranty.  That was $1350 times two.  The first gears started to howl at
30,000 miles.  I told the dealer, and he said to bring it in when I wanted
to...they'd fix it.  Then I got moved by the FAA to another part of California.  The
first dealer would have swapped the entire axle housing and all internal
parts....the axle was bent.  But the subsequent dealers tried to fix it without
swapping it (they didn't trust my first dealer's diagnosis).  I finally swapped it
out with one from PnP, and it went the last 45,000 miles relatively quietly.

Yeah.....I just LOVE Ford rear axles built past 1985.

Yee HA!!

George